Personal Journal of Amateur Radio Operator – 9W2WTF

2 Meter Amateur Radio Slim Jim Plan

Here are the plan I use for constructing and experimenting with Slim Jim antenna on 2 Meter VHF Amateur band. The measurement used are designed to center around 144-148 MHz radio frequency, which is used by amateur radio world wide.

Dear Sir I have a pair of ultracom 25 2meter crytal operated ham radios . could tell me what kind of antennas that I should buy , I will be using them as base stations which has to cover a range of about 10 miles . They will be running on simplex the 146.00 to 147.00 band.I am a blind ham and would like to use them as a short ranage comunication systeme.